The thing is a lot of these places have been harvested year after year and the grounds gone sour. To be successful you either need to be early, fast and lucky. Or else be that old wise man who knows what fresh ground looks like vs sour, over picked fields.
The actual "fresh grounds" in most cases are the untapped masses of middle aged or older people who have no clue on the value of their old boxes of games, so much so that when they DO have a family yard sale they don't even put that box out (hence what the guy above you was talking about) ... asking and them producing gaming stuff.
I think the more "neighborhood focused" advertisments are also untapped...... as in you put out a flyer with a phone number/email to contact in a given area (I'd do the more suburban locations). That 75 year old woman who has her sons 50 CIB NES games in her attic isn't going to be checking Craigslist to sell them, but if she sees a flyer in her mailbox advertising someone is paying cash for them she may pick up a phone and call.
The key to neighborhood yard sales is going to day before it starts and scouting out who has their garage door open ... so aka be a giant creep. At least in my experience it is better than showing up day of the sale with everyone else.
The thing is a lot of these places have been harvested year after year and the grounds gone sour. To be successful you either need to be early, fast and lucky. Or else be that old wise man who knows what fresh ground looks like vs sour, over picked fields.
The actual "fresh grounds" in most cases are the untapped masses of middle aged or older people who have no clue on the value of their old boxes of games, so much so that when they DO have a family yard sale they don't even put that box out (hence what the guy above you was talking about) ... asking and them producing gaming stuff.
I think the more "neighborhood focused" advertisments are also untapped...... as in you put out a flyer with a phone number/email to contact in a given area (I'd do the more suburban locations). That 75 year old woman who has her sons 50 CIB NES games in her attic isn't going to be checking Craigslist to sell them, but if she sees a flyer in her mailbox advertising someone is paying cash for them she may pick up a phone and call.
The key to neighborhood yard sales is going to day before it starts and scouting out who has their garage door open ... so aka be a giant creep. At least in my experience it is better than showing up day of the sale with everyone else.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you, do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games are bought within a minute of listing.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
I go occasionally. If my daughter wakes me up at 6:00 or so, then I'll go because she will wake everyone in the house up if we stay. I do have a Sunday morning flea market I try to hit each weekend before church but it's gotten tough to do with the small kids. We have a city wide yard sale every year and will have 60-70 sales in one day, so I definitely go to that. We don't have 70 yard sales total for every other weekend the rest of the year.
I am five super Nintendo game's from quiting with that system, i have not been going out as often and since i am not a flipper, finding game's i already have are pointless to me.
I do not find many deal's and more importantly, item's i do not have or want. I am gonna buy the five snes game's and then just buy flashcart's, too many flipper's out there.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
Ebay deals can still be had for those who have the time and patience. I would say 50% of the games I buy are from eBay, below market value.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
Wholesale lots. Lets look at all the games i've gotten in lots for below value and ill try to include the prices if I remember:
-Bonks Adventure (100 for the lot),
-Casino Kid 2,
-Fire n Ice CIB/Tegen Tetris/Qix/top loader (all in 1 lot, I think 150 or 200?),
-Color a Dinosaur,
-Donkey Kong Jr Math,
-Die Hard, (130 for the lot)
-Waynes World (game in a 20 game lot for 100),
-5 screw Mike Tysons Punch Out (150 for the lot),
-Rockin Kats,
-Dusty Diamond All Star,
-Dragon Figher/Ninja Gaiden 3/Cliffhanger (325 with15 other games),
-Frankenstein,
-Lemmings,
-Pro Sport Hockey,
-Godzilla 2.
-Race America
-Tecmo Cup Soccer
I did play a lot for Samson/Mega man 1-6/Metal Storm/Gargolyes Quest 2/Battletoads Double Dragon/Terminator/TMNT 1-3 and Tourny Fighters and 70 other games but thats when Samson was worth 600.
and thats just what I remember. You need a good eye and like I said, patience. Others I just got straight thru BINs that were more than fair. I got Rodland for $110 bucks but I cant remember much else. It was usually something very fair or what I was willing to spend on it.
I still hit up stores, but i dont typically hit yardsales or places im not guaranteed to find games. I thinkim just at the point in my life where my time is more valuable than the likely dollar amount id be "saving" if i found a high value game for cheap.
I usually check my local game shop that sells new an a pretty good selection of retro stuff about 2 times a month. I used to go every weekend but it seems like latley they're inventory kinda sucks. The toomanygames convention is coming up so I'll save my hunting for that.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
As I recall from another thread Double Dragon 2 is from Canada. Everything cost 20$ to ship for us canadians. Not sure why, but the shipping costs from the U.S. to Canada on Ebay skyrocketted recently.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
As I recall from another thread Double Dragon 2 is from Canada. Everything cost 20$ to ship for us canadians. Not sure why, but the shipping costs from the U.S. to Canada on Ebay skyrocketted recently.
Oh, well, wouldn't that situation occur if you bought from any source other than a fellow Canadian?
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
As I recall from another thread Double Dragon 2 is from Canada. Everything cost 20$ to ship for us canadians. Not sure why, but the shipping costs from the U.S. to Canada on Ebay skyrocketted recently.
Oh, well, wouldn't that situation occur if you bought from any source other than a fellow Canadian?
no, even if you're buying from a fellow Canadian. It'll cost about 15 give or take
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
As I recall from another thread Double Dragon 2 is from Canada. Everything cost 20$ to ship for us canadians. Not sure why, but the shipping costs from the U.S. to Canada on Ebay skyrocketted recently.
Oh, well, wouldn't that situation occur if you bought from any source other than a fellow Canadian?
no, even if you're buying from a fellow Canadian. It'll cost about 15 give or take
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
As I recall from another thread Double Dragon 2 is from Canada. Everything cost 20$ to ship for us canadians. Not sure why, but the shipping costs from the U.S. to Canada on Ebay skyrocketted recently.
Oh, well, wouldn't that situation occur if you bought from any source other than a fellow Canadian?
no, even if you're buying from a fellow Canadian. It'll cost about 15 give or take
Actually, shipping *from* Canada (to anywhere, including Canada) has always been expensive, but it's only recently that shipping from U.S. to Canada seems to have gone up drastically
EBay and na along with the exchange occasionally is all I do. I stopped everything else. I miss the days where you'd find scores of games at garage sales and thrift stores or flea markets
Almost. I honestly haven't had a "garage sale" score in years. Everything is exchange groups or friends and family. But, most of those resources are dried up. NES systems pop up on the area exchange groups about 1 or 2 times about every 2-3 months. And when they do, it's priced at $100 for the NES console because, RARE!
I got to collecting way to late for any hunting to be practical. For me it is a social activity. Check out a few shops during a lunch break, or stop into a garage sale while driving around.
Occasionally I will check out a savers or Goodwill when passing by. No great deals but I have been able to get new a Wii U pro controller at half off. As much as the old days sound great, I missed it entirely so I don't really know what I am missing.
This is not so much about the good old day's, as it is about how many more collector/seller's then there are just buyer's.
The whole collector/flipper is mostly how we got to this cross road of disappointment, if everybody is buying up doubles to sell, you get the people like myself that decide to just quit.
Not much anyone can do about all of this and there is no changing it but from my personal experience, i have seen my local store really busy during 2006-2014 time frame but it is not packed like it used to be. The store is just a shell of what it used to be and the Don year's 2006-2011 were the best.
They sold their store to a small chain of retro game store's and now it has price's a bit above ebay now.
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The thing is a lot of these places have been harvested year after year and the grounds gone sour. To be successful you either need to be early, fast and lucky. Or else be that old wise man who knows what fresh ground looks like vs sour, over picked fields.
The actual "fresh grounds" in most cases are the untapped masses of middle aged or older people who have no clue on the value of their old boxes of games, so much so that when they DO have a family yard sale they don't even put that box out (hence what the guy above you was talking about) ... asking and them producing gaming stuff.
I think the more "neighborhood focused" advertisments are also untapped...... as in you put out a flyer with a phone number/email to contact in a given area (I'd do the more suburban locations). That 75 year old woman who has her sons 50 CIB NES games in her attic isn't going to be checking Craigslist to sell them, but if she sees a flyer in her mailbox advertising someone is paying cash for them she may pick up a phone and call.
The key to neighborhood yard sales is going to day before it starts and scouting out who has their garage door open ... so aka be a giant creep. At least in my experience it is better than showing up day of the sale with everyone else.
Ah, so you're THAT guy.
The thing is a lot of these places have been harvested year after year and the grounds gone sour. To be successful you either need to be early, fast and lucky. Or else be that old wise man who knows what fresh ground looks like vs sour, over picked fields.
The actual "fresh grounds" in most cases are the untapped masses of middle aged or older people who have no clue on the value of their old boxes of games, so much so that when they DO have a family yard sale they don't even put that box out (hence what the guy above you was talking about) ... asking and them producing gaming stuff.
I think the more "neighborhood focused" advertisments are also untapped...... as in you put out a flyer with a phone number/email to contact in a given area (I'd do the more suburban locations). That 75 year old woman who has her sons 50 CIB NES games in her attic isn't going to be checking Craigslist to sell them, but if she sees a flyer in her mailbox advertising someone is paying cash for them she may pick up a phone and call.
The key to neighborhood yard sales is going to day before it starts and scouting out who has their garage door open ... so aka be a giant creep. At least in my experience it is better than showing up day of the sale with everyone else.
Ah, so you're THAT guy.
Mr Thursday afternoon to you son.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you, do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games are bought within a minute of listing.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=135650
check this out
he paid 3.50
I do not find many deal's and more importantly, item's i do not have or want. I am gonna buy the five snes game's and then just buy flashcart's, too many flipper's out there.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
Ebay deals can still be had for those who have the time and patience. I would say 50% of the games I buy are from eBay, below market value.
Originally posted by: Bert
Originally posted by: Double Dragon 2
Originally posted by: Archon
Originally posted by: Double Dragon 2
Originally posted by: guitarzombie
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...
check this out
he paid 3.50
What a lucky asshole!
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=10&th...
check this out
he paid 3.50
What a lucky asshole!
I know right? fuck that guy right?
Originally posted by: Double Dragon 2
Originally posted by: Archon
Originally posted by: Double Dragon 2
Originally posted by: guitarzombie
I found all of my best deals on ebay, as long as you're patient.
I can't think of a scenario where finding a good deal on Ebay is possible.
If you win an auction that no one else noticed, the seller will have a minimum buy-price and the deal with be off.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is $20. You win a game for $3, shipping is $20 by itself.
If you buy it outright, it'll be "Ebay prices".
Not sure how good deals on Ebay are possible unless you outcompete against 10 000 other game hunters who are 10x more dedicated than you do it for a living, know every trick of the trade, and even use computer bots to place bids where games a bought within a minute of listing.
Dang, I can taste the salt through the screen.
Not as salty as I sound, I'm being objective and straight up. Most Ebay scenarios don't seem to play out very well.
Again, I can be totally wrong, and maybe I don't know how to search for deals, but it seems like a dead end.
Wholesale lots. Lets look at all the games i've gotten in lots for below value and ill try to include the prices if I remember:
-Bonks Adventure (100 for the lot),
-Casino Kid 2,
-Fire n Ice CIB/Tegen Tetris/Qix/top loader (all in 1 lot, I think 150 or 200?),
-Color a Dinosaur,
-Donkey Kong Jr Math,
-Die Hard, (130 for the lot)
-Waynes World (game in a 20 game lot for 100),
-5 screw Mike Tysons Punch Out (150 for the lot),
-Rockin Kats,
-Dusty Diamond All Star,
-Dragon Figher/Ninja Gaiden 3/Cliffhanger (325 with15 other games),
-Frankenstein,
-Lemmings,
-Pro Sport Hockey,
-Godzilla 2.
-Race America
-Tecmo Cup Soccer
I did play a lot for Samson/Mega man 1-6/Metal Storm/Gargolyes Quest 2/Battletoads Double Dragon/Terminator/TMNT 1-3 and Tourny Fighters and 70 other games but thats when Samson was worth 600.
and thats just what I remember. You need a good eye and like I said, patience. Others I just got straight thru BINs that were more than fair. I got Rodland for $110 bucks but I cant remember much else. It was usually something very fair or what I was willing to spend on it.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
As I recall from another thread Double Dragon 2 is from Canada. Everything cost 20$ to ship for us canadians. Not sure why, but the shipping costs from the U.S. to Canada on Ebay skyrocketted recently.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
As I recall from another thread Double Dragon 2 is from Canada. Everything cost 20$ to ship for us canadians. Not sure why, but the shipping costs from the U.S. to Canada on Ebay skyrocketted recently.
Oh, well, wouldn't that situation occur if you bought from any source other than a fellow Canadian?
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
As I recall from another thread Double Dragon 2 is from Canada. Everything cost 20$ to ship for us canadians. Not sure why, but the shipping costs from the U.S. to Canada on Ebay skyrocketted recently.
Oh, well, wouldn't that situation occur if you bought from any source other than a fellow Canadian?
no, even if you're buying from a fellow Canadian. It'll cost about 15 give or take
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
As I recall from another thread Double Dragon 2 is from Canada. Everything cost 20$ to ship for us canadians. Not sure why, but the shipping costs from the U.S. to Canada on Ebay skyrocketted recently.
Oh, well, wouldn't that situation occur if you bought from any source other than a fellow Canadian?
no, even if you're buying from a fellow Canadian. It'll cost about 15 give or take
Damn.
I guess delivering by sled dog isn't cheap.
If you win an auction for dirt cheap, shipping alone is at least $20. You win a game for $3, you pay $23+ total.
What $3 single game costs $20 to ship? Or any single game for that matter. Unless you're talking a limited edition with all the swag, in which case that's probably still a bargain.
I've also never encountered the other scenarios you mentioned. Every auction I've won, they've shipped it, even when I got them for low. And people do occasionally underprice items. If you're patient, they do come around even in spite of the competition.
As I recall from another thread Double Dragon 2 is from Canada. Everything cost 20$ to ship for us canadians. Not sure why, but the shipping costs from the U.S. to Canada on Ebay skyrocketted recently.
Oh, well, wouldn't that situation occur if you bought from any source other than a fellow Canadian?
no, even if you're buying from a fellow Canadian. It'll cost about 15 give or take
Damn.
I guess delivering by sled dog isn't cheap.
you'd think all that ice would offset it, but no
I guess delivering by sled dog isn't cheap.
Actually, shipping *from* Canada (to anywhere, including Canada) has always been expensive, but it's only recently that shipping from U.S. to Canada seems to have gone up drastically
I see people getting crazy shit all the time in Canada locally so piss off about shipping!
It's a big place.. Good chance those people getting shit "locally" are closer to you than to me
I see people getting crazy shit all the time in Canada locally so piss off about shipping!
yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh, but that takes effort I don't like effort.
Occasionally I will check out a savers or Goodwill when passing by. No great deals but I have been able to get new a Wii U pro controller at half off. As much as the old days sound great, I missed it entirely so I don't really know what I am missing.
The whole collector/flipper is mostly how we got to this cross road of disappointment, if everybody is buying up doubles to sell, you get the people like myself that decide to just quit.
Not much anyone can do about all of this and there is no changing it but from my personal experience, i have seen my local store really busy during 2006-2014 time frame but it is not packed like it used to be. The store is just a shell of what it used to be and the Don year's 2006-2011 were the best.
They sold their store to a small chain of retro game store's and now it has price's a bit above ebay now.